Cash-carrier



(No Model.)

E. P. ZERBE.

WITNESSES A 1W TEA T0? M6 MM w p M "r N. PETERS, Pholulilhugraphcn Washington. 0. c,

UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

EMIL P. ZERBE, OF DETROIT, ASSIGNOR TO EDIVARD A. OIVEN, ADOLPI-I A. CAILLE, AND ARTHUR CAILLE, OF EAST SAGINAWV, MICHIGAN.

CASH-CARRIER.

I SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 404,943, dated June 11, 1889.

Application filed October 1, 1888. $erial No. 286,834. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EMIL P. ZERBE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit,

county of lVayne, State of Michigan, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Cash-Carriers; and I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it apper- 1o tains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 represents a side elevation of one station of my improved cash-carrier system, including the car. Fig. 2 is a part in detail.

It is the object of my invention to provide a cash-carrier that is extremely simple and durable and easily repaired, and in which the car may be given any desired impetus in traveling from station to station.

In the drawings, A represents the usual taut wire used in this class of cash-carriers; B, the usual hanger descending from the ceil- 2 5 ing to which the wire is fastened; O, the braces of the hanger l3, and D any usual car provided with a detachable cup and adapted to travel on the wire.

E is a bar extending horizontally from the 0 hanger Band properly braced to hold it rigid.

E E are pulleys j ournaled in the brackets e e, which are adjustably engaged at each end of the bar E.

F is an endless strap or cord passing over 3 5 the pulleys E E andF is a propelling-block attached to said strap. Said block is provided with a beveled latch f, adapted to engage with the catch (Z on the bed-plate of the car.

G is a strap or cord provided with a suit- 40 able handle and adapted to be wound on the drum 6 of the pulley E. As will be seen, when this strap is unwound from the drum it will tend to give the pulley a revolving motion.

His a suitable spring adapted to return the pulley to its initial position after it has been revolved by the strap G.

The operation of my invention will now be understood. The car stands at rest atthe station, engaged by the beveled latch fon the propelling-block. To send it to the other station, the operator pulls on the strap G and un- Winds it from the drum. This revolves the pulley and causes the endless strap to travel on the pulleys, carrying the block F with it from pulley to pulley, and the block forces the car forward. When the block reaches the pulley E its forward end with the beveled latch will be raised, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, and the car will thus be released and 6c forced to travel along the wire by the impetus given it. Asuitable stop f, adapted to come into contact with a stop a on the bar E, may be placed on the strap in such position as to stop the block after it has released the car.

What I claim is 1. In a cash-carrier apparatus, the combination, with the line wire and the carrier mounted thereon, of two pulleys suspended above said wire, an endless strap on said pulleys, and a propelling-block attached to said strap and provided with a catch adapted to engage the carrier, said block adapted to be disengaged from the carrier by its forward end striking the forward pulley and tilting it, 7 5 substantially as described.

2. In a cash and parcel carrier apparatus, the combination, with the usual taut wire and car, of an endless strap or cord extending between and embracing two pulleys situated at one end of the said wire, a propellingblock attached to said strap or cord and adapted to travel with it, a beveled latch on said propelling-block, constructed to engage with the car and retain it adjacent to the propelling-block until released, a strap wound upon a drum 011 one of the pulleys for revolving the same and projecting the propellingblock, and a spring adapted to return the propelling-block to its initial position, substantially as described.

3. A cash and parcel carrier mechanism consisting of the combination, with a linewire, its supports, and a car, of pulleys E e E belt F, and propelling-block F, actuat- 5 ing cord or strap G, and a retracting-spring, all situated at one end of the line-wire, substantially as described.

4. In L cash and parcel carrier apparatus, the combination, with the cm. and the pr0- pelling-block, the belt and pulleys, of the actuating cord or strap, said propelling-block provided with a latch to engage the car, said latch adapted to be mitonmtically disengaged at 01' adjacent to the forward pulley, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I Sign this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

EMIL l ZERBE.

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M. 13. ODOGI-IERTY, SAMUEL E. THOMAS. 

